The Baccalieu Island Ecological Reserve
is one of the most interesting places to visit on the North Shore of Conception Bay.
The following photo essay is about a group of European Divers who took a tour around Baccalieu Island with Ocean Quest Adventures of Conception Bay South. The article, written by Lillian Simmons and photographed by Dennis Flynn, was published in the Compass:
An Ontario Genealogist with a keen interest in Newfoundland history has discovered, a 17th century will from Cupids, a very important document for both the early history of Cupids and the early history of Canada. Information about the will on William Gilbert's Baccalieu Digs > >
William Gilbert and his team of archeologists in Cupids have unearthed the remains of a stone wall that may have housed cannons to defend Canada's first English settlement, established on the shore of Conception Bay in 1610. Prince Charles and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, visited the site earlier this month during their royal tour of Canada.
Article from the Ottawa Citizen > >
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The Olympic Torch Relay took place in Conception Bay North on November 14, 2009:
Cultural Careers Conference
" Find a Passion - Make it Work!"
was held in conjunction with
Western Regional Drama Festival
sponsored by the Northern Avalon Tourism Association in partnership with Eastern School District,
College of the North Atlantic,
with funding provided by
ACOA and Service Canada.
William Gilbert, chief archeologist with the Baccalieu Trail Heritage Corp., has published an article in the journal Post-Medieval Archaeology identifying a copper plate engraving from the 17th century as a depiction of John Guy's meeting with the Beothuk in Trinity Bay in 1612. The engraving was long identified as one of Bartholomew Gosnold trading with Native Americans in New England in 1602.
